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Article: Samuel Beckett marks 80 years of absurdity // Goodman stages his `Happy Days' as birthday salute
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 13, 1986
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You are entering the Beckett zone:
Two men, dressed like ragged vaudeville clowns, stand in the
middle of a barren landscape chomping on carrots.
One man who can't sit down and another who can't stand up, are
locked in a basement room, along with an old couple (who may be their
parents) who are living in garbage cans.
Two men and a woman, encased in giant clay jars so that only
their heads are visible, talk about an ambiguous romantic encounter.
A seedy, bitter old man takes stock of his life as he listens to
a tape recording from earlier days.
A tattered old crone shuffles back and forth across the stage in
measured paces, listening to her inner voices.
A disembodied mouth - ...